The moment the beat drops, you feel it in your chest. It is a heavy, mechanical thud that immediately grabs your attention and refuses to let go. Lakeside X is back, and they are not messing around. After a three year break, the Prague based alternative electronic rock band has returned with "Factory Flowers", a single that hits like a jolt of electricity. It is...

Have you ever felt a strange sense of nostalgia for a time you never lived in? Like a phantom limb for a past that isn’t yours. It’s a peculiar sensation, that anachronistic ache. Listening to “Lost,” the debut album from Dallas artist Jake Vera, evokes a similar feeling. It’s a record built with the tools of the 21st century, a collaboration forged in the crucible of...